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Linux Engineer

Charles Simon Associates Ltd
Posted 8 hours ago, valid for 17 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Charles Simon Associates is seeking a Linux Engineer for a permanent, remote position with a salary of up to £75,000 per annum plus on-call duties (1 in 5).
  • The ideal candidate should have previous experience in a similar role and extensive knowledge of Linux, particularly Red Hat.
  • Candidates must also possess data centre experience, VMware expertise, and familiarity with blade servers and SAN storage.
  • The role involves supporting storage and data centre infrastructure, ensuring high availability, and managing Linux servers and software.
  • A start date is ASAP, and the position requires participation in an on-call rota and knowledge of ITIL processes for change and problem management.

Linux Engineer - (Linux, Red Hat, RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Data Centre, Engineer, Storage, SAN, Cloud, VMware, Blade Server) - Permanent - Remote

Charles Simon Associates are currently looking for a Linux Engineer on a permanent basis for our client, a global business leader in their sector and a household name. The data centre team are at the centre of everything this business does, the technologies and opportunities are endless for the right candidate.

Location: Home Based

Salary: Up to £75,000 per annum Plus On call (1 in 5)

Skills/Requirements for the Linux Engineer:

  • Previous experience within a similar role
  • Extensive Linux experience, ideally Red Hat
  • Data Centre experience
  • Ability to lead IT projects and engage stakeholders
  • VMware experience
  • Blade Server experience
  • SAN Storage
  • VMware Clustering
  • Working within ITIL processes for Change and Problem Management
  • Any previous experience of working within a private cloud environment would be highly desirable

Start date is ASAP for the Linux Engineer

The Linux Engineer will be responsible for:

  • Supporting the Storage & Data Centre infrastructure as directed by management
  • Assisting with the design of Data Centres ensuring no single points of failure to enable High Availability and comprehensive DR provision for all critical systems.
  • Ensuring maximum availability of Data Centre and Cloud systems and minimum disruption due to change - planned or otherwise.
  • Installing, configuring and managing Linux servers and software as required, using automation where possible.
  • Configuring and managing Data Protection platforms including Commvault, Dell EMC Networker and Zerto.
  • Work closely with DBA, Network, Application, Systems and Service Desk teams on projects, migrations, upgrades, refreshes, architecture and other activities.
  • Carry out regular Disaster Recovery (DR) testing on key systems
  • Ensuring systems maintenance, support, installations, upgrades, performance monitoring, capacity planning, compute and storage management is carried out with minimum disruption
  • Maintaining documentation and diagrams to describe all systems, networks and communications.
  • Participate in an out-of-hours on-call rota as required.
  • Maintain knowledge of trends, developments, and best practices in Data Centre, SAN Storage, Cloud, Linux compute and related technology.

Please send an up-to-date copy of your CV to be considered for the Linux Engineer

Linux Engineer - (Linux, Red Hat, RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Data Centre, Engineer, Storage, SAN, Cloud, VMware, Blade Server) - Permanent - Remote

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.